Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Guest Megan Burns is a consultant, speaker, & managing director of Operations Strategy Consulting. She has more than 15 years of industrial engineering and supply chain management experience. A certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Megan has worked with companies throughout North America and in 14 different countries.

Resistance 184

Resistance Six Sigma Supply Chain Stakeholder Analysis 184

Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

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Management 133

Management Six Sigma Human Resources Kaizen 133

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2013

While this might have been the most efficient way to train assembly line workers during the Industrial Era, human capital is now the greatest resource for most companies. Unfortunately, contemporary management theory offers no alternatives to this style of organizing work and designing organizational structures.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Six Sigma Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

We don't know what changes will be coming with healthcare reform and other changes in our industry," he told me recently. Six Sigma or Lean) the right way. As Peter Hunter , a former naval officer and management consultant, has said , "People hate being told what to do. Why aren't leaders on board?

Process 15

Process Mayo Six Sigma Ryan 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

People across industries and job segments need hyper-specialized skills to thrive in this environment, and both white and blue-collar jobs will need to innovate to remain relevant. This will shorten the educational time commitment, thereby lengthening the time an individual has to actually master the skill on the job.

Skills 17

Skills Six Sigma Supply Chain Education 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Leaders and organizations are under more stress than ever to do two things simultaneously: deliver on today’s pressing commitments by troubleshooting and refining processes; and find and invest in innovation opportunities that will create tomorrow’s success. You probably reach for your firefighter’s hat to extinguish the short-term problem.

Budgeting 13

Budgeting Innovation Disruptive Innovation Six Sigma 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

It made a massive investment (more than $1 billion) to build a software “ Center of Excellence ” in San Ramon, California to manage the data explosion created by the increasing intelligence of its industrial machines. Together, these constituted radical moves for an industrial company headquartered on the East Coast.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8